Israel’s weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his offer on Thursday of a coalition with his strongest political rival swiftly rebuffed after failing to secure a governing majority in a tight election, Reuters reports. Netanyahu’s surprise move was an abrupt change of strategy for the right-wing leader. Former General Benny Gantz’s rejection of the offer could spell…
Neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party nor former IDF chief Benny Gantz’s Kachol v’Lavan party appears able to form a majority coalition without the support of Avigdor Liberman, leader of the midsize Yisrael Beitenu party. Photo Credit: Flash 90 As the Jewish Voice meets its weekly publication deadline on Tuesday evening in New York City, it…
Netanyahu’s Facebook followers urged to make campaign calls and issue warning over left-wing government ■ Likud: Message was staffer mistake ■ Arab party leader: Netanyahu is a psychopath with no red lines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the public at a campaign rally in Ashdod, September 10, 2019.Ofer Vaknin Netanyahu’s efforts to allow cameras at…
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel has launched a lengthy bombardment of positions in the Gaza Strip, sources inside the besieged enclave reported. Palestinian news agencies reported late on Saturday that Israeli airstrikes targeted positions allegedly held by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas North of the Gaza and deep inside the enclave. Health officials announced that there were…
Israel prevented the Iranians from building bases from which to launch attacks against it. But it failed to dislodge them from Syria — and Putin plans to keep it that way. A demonstrator holds a representation of the Israeli flag which is set on fire during the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran,…
PM Netanyahu boards flight to Ukraine, promises to begin widescale operation in Gaza if situation demands it. PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara on their way to Ukraine Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon promised to begin a military operation in Gaza if the situation demanded it. Before…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a cabinet meeting. (Flash90/Yonatan Sindel) Concern over potential provocations by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has caused Israel to reverse course on their visit. Israel has decided to bar two Muslim pro-BDS members of Congress from entering Israel over fears of provocation that they would cause…
A speedboat of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, July 21, 2019 Iran said Friday that Israel’s participation in maritime operations in the Persian Gulf region “is an…